National Identity Card To Become ATM, Travel Card {PHOTO}
NIMC's Director of Technical Services, Mr Emmanuel Ogungbe, told
Journalists on Thursday in Abuja that the commission had already
signed an agreement with MasterCard.
"As opposed to just being an ID card, the card is also a cash card.
What that means is you can also use it the way you currently use your
ATM card.
"So if you put money on the card, you can withdraw this money anywhere
in the world.
"Two, it's also a travel card. What that means is that very soon,
especially within the West African sub-region, you can travel
passport-free as long as you have this card with you.
"So this card has multi-purpose use and that is why we are calling it
a general-multi-purpose card, it's not just an ID card."
According to him, all that a holder of the card needs to do is to
present it at the point of entry of any country where it will be
swiped.
He said the information about the person, similar to the ones on
passport, would come out and the country would allow entry.
Ogungbe said that the new card was error-proof and would enhance the
security of the country.
"We have a system called automated biometrics identification system in
our data centre that checks information of newly registered people
coming into the database against what we already have in the database.
"If there is a hit, that means that person was registered before and
of course this means we will deny new registration.
"So, there is no way of beating that system for now; I'm very
confident of that. That will ensure that you can only register once.
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